M 5.4 in Chile on 20 Oct 2015 10:06 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1069673
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 35.09 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.7828 , -71.5235
Event Date: 20 Oct 2015 10:06 UTC
20 Oct 2015 07:06 Local
Exposed Population:
400512 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2015 10:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 234 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

A la defensa de las "Flores mágicas"Sat, 24 Oct 2015 08:34:00 +0200.

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Facebook activa 'Safety check' por huracán PatriciaSat, 24 Oct 2015 07:35:00 +0200.

GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (23/OCT/2015).- Facebook activó nuevamente la función "Safety check" el cual permite que sus usuarios den cuenta de su estado de seguridad ante una catástrofe, en esta caso por el huracán "Patricia". Usuarios principalm
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Die gefährliche Anziehungskraft des MondesSat, 24 Oct 2015 07:18:00 +0200.

An Ebbe und Flut sehen wir am eindrücklichsten, welche Wirkung der Mond auf die Erde hat. Und sonst? Reicht die Einflusskraft des Erdtrabanten soweit, dass er auch Tsunamis, Vulkanausbrüche oder Erdbeben auslösen kann? Fahrer von Elektrofa
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Sonnenseite / Franz und Bigi AltSat, 24 Oct 2015 07:18:00 +0200.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),